🇵🇹 Daily Portugal news for expats & investors — FREE Subscribe
Sign in Subscribe

News

Breaking news and developing stories from across Portugal.
Matosinhos Hands Four Municipal Plots to Housing Cooperatives for 140 Affordable-Rent Homes — 90-Year Direito de Superfície, €75k Subsidy, Rents 20% Below Market as the State's €250M Cooperative Fund Stays Missing

Matosinhos Hands Four Municipal Plots to Housing Cooperatives for 140 Affordable-Rent Homes — 90-Year Direito de Superfície, €75k Subsidy, Rents 20% Below Market as the State's €250M Cooperative Fund Stays Missing

Matosinhos cedes four municipal plots to housing cooperatives by direito de superfície for 90 years. 140 affordable-rent dwellings at 20% below market, €75k architecture subsidy, IMI exemption, IVA at 6%. Window closes 24 May. The State's €250M cooperative fund still has no money.
The Portugal Brief
Montenegro Draws a Red Line at the Cyprus Summit — Portugal Will Mount 'Firm and Well-Founded Opposition' to a 2028-2034 EU Budget That Cuts Cohesion 14% While Lisbon Sits at 76.5% of the EU Average

Montenegro Draws a Red Line at the Cyprus Summit — Portugal Will Mount 'Firm and Well-Founded Opposition' to a 2028-2034 EU Budget That Cuts Cohesion 14% While Lisbon Sits at 76.5% of the EU Average

PM Luís Montenegro warned EU leaders in Cyprus that Portugal would oppose the next MFF if it abandons cohesion. The Commission's proposal cuts Portugal's allocation by around 14% while GNI per capita sits at 76.5% of the EU average — below the 90% Treaty threshold.
The Portugal Brief
CUF Crosses the Billion-Euro Threshold With €970M in 2025 Revenue and an 18% Profit Jump — 75% of HPA Saúde Bought, €50M Barreiro Hospital Breaks Ground, €12.4M Bonus Handed to 17,000 Staff

CUF Crosses the Billion-Euro Threshold With €970M in 2025 Revenue and an 18% Profit Jump — 75% of HPA Saúde Bought, €50M Barreiro Hospital Breaks Ground, €12.4M Bonus Handed to 17,000 Staff

CUF's 2025 accounts — filed 24 April — show €970.1M revenue (+8.9%), €51.2M net profit (+18.1%), and €12.4M bonus handed to 17,000 staff. The group bought 75% of HPA Saúde (Algarve-Alentejo-Madeira network: 20 units, 2,015 staff) and broke ground on a €50M Barreiro hospital due 2028.
The Portugal Brief